Program directory · Health Canada
Oral Health
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVG24 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Care Systems
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Oral health is an important part of overall health status. Recognizing the disparity in access to affordable oral health care services in Canada, the federal government implemented the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) and the Oral Health Access Fund (OHAF). The CDCP is a publicly financed dental care plan that aims to reduce financial barriers to access oral health care services by providing benefits for Canadian residents with an adjusted annual family net income of less than $90,000 without access to dental insurance. The OHAF complements the CDCP by funding projects focused on supporting training and provider capacity, connecting more people to oral health care, and supporting prevention and education efforts. OHAF’s target populations include but are not limited to children, Indigenous Peoples, newcomers to Canada, official language minority communities, people who experience homelessness, persons with disabilities, rural and remote communities, and seniors.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Health | This program | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Budget 2022 measure “Dental Care for Canadians”: $5,300M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2022, PDF page 180 |
| 2023 | Budget 2023 measure “The New Canadian Dental Care Plan”: $7,041M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2023, PDF page 75 |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 60% | 2030 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $3.66B | — |
| 2027-28 | $3.8B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3.96B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 280 | — |
| 2027-28 | 280* | — |
| 2028-29 | 269* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 plan | $3,661,766,834 | $3,799,649,917 | $3,961,934,461 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
